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What Is Wrongful Termination

When a termination is handled poorly or when an individual feels that a termination was unfair, unjustified, etc. (but not...

Still Trending Boomerang Employees

Historically, employees who quit a job to work for a competitor company were no longer welcome to return to the...

FAQ: Are Non-Compete Agreements Enforceable in Wisconsin

We continue to see an uptick in questions and searches on this topic, so we wanted to take some time...

NON-SCHEDULED INJURIES – AREN’T THEY ALL?

If you read our last blog on Worker’s Compensation, we’re sure that you have an inkling that the meaning of...

Donald Trump and the EEOC Part II

What does Donald Trump have in common with the EEOC? Not a question you might anticipate reading, huh? Well, the...

WHAT “SCHEDULED INJURY?” I DIDN’T PLAN ON BEING INJURED!

Regardless of whether you’ve ever heard the term “Scheduled Injury,” particularly if you were the one who suffered that injury,...

Workers’ Compensation Awards: Why Are They Often Less Than Personal Injury Awards?

I am sure most of you have stayed up late at night watching a Brewers/Bucks/Packers/Badgers/Golden Eagles game and seen celebrities...

Big Decisions from the Big Court: Employer Policies Determine “Misconduct” and The Inference Method of Causation Gets Tweaked

Today, the Wisconsin Supreme Court rendered two landscape-altering* decisions (*in my world). First, it held in Wisconsin DWD v. Wisconsin...

The Department of Labor’s FMLA Forms Expired! Now What?

Unless you’ve recently had an employee request Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave, you may not have noticed that...

SCOTUS’s Epic Decision – Arbitration Trumps National Labor Relations Act

In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that employers can force their employees to arbitrate disputes individually,...